How to Use AI with UKG Ready Recruiting to Speed Up the Hiring Process

If you’re already using UKG Ready Recruiting, you know it’s a solid platform for managing every stage of hiring. You can track applicants, manage job postings, and keep everything in one place. But even with all these tools, the process can still feel slow—especially when you’re dealing with a high volume of applications. That’s where AI comes in. When you use AI with UKG Ready Recruiting, you can make faster decisions, reduce manual work, and keep candidates moving through the pipeline without delays. CloudApper AI Recruiter for UKG is the perfect AI tool to make this happen. It integrates smoothly with UKG Ready Recruiting and helps you cut down on repetitive tasks like resume screening, candidate ranking, and interview scheduling. That means you spend less time on admin and more time connecting with the best candidates.

How Recruiting Works When You Use AI with UKG Ready Recruiting

When you combine CloudApper AI Recruiter with UKG Ready Recruiting, the hiring process becomes much smoother. Here’s how it works step by step:

1. Candidates apply for a job just like they normally would through your UKG Ready Recruiting portal.
2. CloudApper AI Recruiter pulls the candidate data from UKG Ready Recruiting and sends an email or text message to candidates containing a secure chatbot link.
3. Candidates open the chatbot, which then guides them through the application process. It asks prescreening questions, such as whether they have the required degree, certification, or job experience, whether they have relevant skills, and other skill-based questions. The chatbot also collects and parses resumes for analysis.
4. Eligible candidates—based on their responses—are immediately prompted to schedule an interview.
5. The AI Recruiter scores, shortlists, and ranks the best-fit candidates using both their resume data and their chatbot responses, ensuring that the most suitable applicants are prioritized.

This approach to recruiting with UKG keeps the workflow simple. You still use UKG Ready Recruiting as your main hub, but the AI handles the repetitive, time-consuming parts, making it feel like you’ve added a highly efficient team member who works around the clock.

The 3 Simple Steps to Make Hiring Faster with AI

Setting up this streamlined hiring process is much easier than you might think. You only need to follow three steps:

1. Integrate CloudApper AI Recruiter with UKG Ready Recruiting

The first step is connecting the AI tool to your UKG Ready Recruiting account. You won’t need to worry about technical work—the Solution Engineers at CloudApper will handle the entire integration for you. Once it’s set up, the AI can read applicant data from UKG and update candidate statuses automatically. The integration works quietly in the background, so you can focus on making decisions, not managing software.

2. Define Your Prescreening Criteria

Next, you tell the AI what a “qualified candidate” looks like for the role. This can include education, certifications, skills, years of experience, or even answers to some custom prescreening questions. The AI will then use these rules to filter candidates in real time. This means you only see applicants who already meet your requirements, making the use of AI in recruitment feel like a natural extension of your existing process.

3. Connect Your Calendar for Instant Scheduling

The final step is linking your calendar so the AI can offer interview slots to qualified candidates. This eliminates the usual back-and-forth of finding a time that works for both parties. Candidates can pick a slot right after passing the prescreening, and your calendar updates automatically. This small change alone can shave days off your hiring timeline.

By following these steps, you can use AI with UKG Ready Recruiting to handle the repetitive parts of the process, keep candidates engaged, and fill positions faster without adding more work to your plate.

Why This Works for Busy HR and TA Leaders

As an HR or Talent Acquisition leader, you’re balancing speed with quality. You can’t afford to rush a hire and end up with the wrong person, but you also can’t keep roles open for weeks on end. The combination of UKG Ready Recruiting and CloudApper AI Recruiter gives you the best of both worlds.

You still control the final decision, but you get there faster because the AI recruiter for UKG does the initial sorting and scheduling for you. This helps you:

• Shorten time-to-hire without sacrificing quality.
• Keep candidates engaged so they don’t drop out.
• Ensure every applicant is reviewed against the same criteria.

Plus, because the integration is seamless, you don’t have to switch platforms or learn a new system. You just add AI where it can make the biggest impact—right at the start of the hiring funnel.

Conclusion

UKG Ready Recruiting already gives you a strong foundation for managing your hiring process. But when you use AI with UKG Ready Recruiting, you can move faster, stay consistent, and focus your time where it matters most—building relationships with top talent.

With CloudApper AI Recruiter, you get a simple, three-step setup: connect to UKG Ready Recruiting, define your prescreening rules, and link your calendar. From there, the AI takes care of resume screening, candidate scoring, and interview scheduling.

The result is a hiring process that’s faster, easier, and more efficient—without losing the personal touch that makes great recruitment possible. If you’re ready to combine the power of recruiting with UKG and the efficiency of AI in recruitment, integrating CloudApper AI Recruiter is the smartest next step you can take.

Contact us today to get a glimpse of how CloudApper AI Recruiter can solve our recruitment challenges.